Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners were referred to the Prevent programme in each year since 2015.

Table 1: Number of referrals to the Prevent programme from HMPPS each year, 2015/16 to 2022/23

This data is taken from the annual statistical release ‘Individuals referred to and supported through the Prevent programme’ which can be found at Individuals referred to and supported through the Prevent Programme statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

HMPPS includes staff working for HM Prison and Probation Service, including Youth Offender Services. Data here has been taken from the latest Individuals referred to and supported through the Prevent Programme publication, April 2022 to March 2023. This data comes from a live database which is regularly updated and in some cases there may be a delay in a particular case being entered into the system, therefore, at any given time, the published figures may not be 100% accurate.

The number of referrals reported includes individuals who had been referred more than once during the year. This information is included as each referral may not contain the same information (for example, different sector of referral or type of concern) and may not have the same outcome (for example, signposted to statutory partners, discussed at a Channel panel).